All My Children/Episode 5185

Episode 5185
Season 21, Episode 4
Airdate	January 5, 1990
Production Number	5185
Written by	Agnes Nixon, Lorraine Broderick, Wisner Washam, Megan McTavish, Mary K. Wells, Susan Kirshebaum, Elizabeth Page, Karen L. Lewis, Elizabeth Wallace, Kathleen Klein, Gillian Spencer
Directed by	Christopher Goutman
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All My Children — Season Twenty-One

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Episode 5185 is the fourth episode of the twenty-first season of All My Children, and the five thousand one-hundred eighty-fifth episode overall.

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Plot Overview

Today was a special 20th anniversary episode of All My Children. Phoebe, Ruth, Joe, Mona and Erica spend a snowy evening reminiscing about the previous 20 years in Pine Valley. Original program footage and photo stills cover the following events, among others: the teen romance between Philip Brent and Tara Martin and the return of Phil's real father, Nick Davis; a seance held to contact the spirit of Nina Cortlandt's mother; Ann Tyler Martin and her husband Paul arguing over his wish to institutionalize their retarded baby daughter, Beth; the romance between Mark Dalton and Ellen Shepherd; the love affairs of Brooke English, including Dan Kennicott and Tom Cudahy; Daisy Cortlandt's shocking return to Pine Valley after being banished by her husband Palmer years earlier, and her re-entry into her daughter Nina's life; Nina Cortlandt and Cliff Warner's first wedding; the many adventures, lovers, and husbands of the inimitable Erica Kane; the rivalry between Erica and Brooke; an emotional crisis intervention, where ex-wife Ellen and sister Erica confront Mark about his cocaine abuse; the affairs between Jesse Hubbard and Angie Baxter, and Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner; the love story between Cindy Parker and Stuart Chandler, and Cindy's struggle with AIDS; the many liaisons of Tad "The Cad" Martin; a loving tribute to Grandma Kate Martin; and memorable visitors to Pine Valley, including the villainous Billy Clyde Tuggle, Verla Grubbs (Carol Burnett), a charwoman (Elizabeth Taylor), Stevie Wonder, and Dick Cavett.

Credits

• Executive Producer: Felicia Minei Behr
• Coordinating Producers: Thomas DeVilliers, Terry Cacavio
• Associate Producer: Nancy Horwich
• Associate Directors: Laura Rakowitz, Barbara Martin Simmons, Mindy Steinman, Sybil Costello
• Post Production: Broadway Video
• Special Thanks To The Cast and Crew Of The Last 20 Years For Making This Show Possible

Quotes

(during a flashback with Phil & Erica in 1970)

• Phil: Erica, why don't you get off your high horse and come down with the rest of us.
• Erica: I don't want to be down anywhere with...with the rest of you. I want to be special and I'm going to be.
• Phil: What you're going to be is miserable if you keep expecting everybody to fall in line with your ways.
• Erica: Hey, are we having a hamburger or another attack on Erica?

(during a flashback with Tom & Erica in 1979)

• Tom: You lied to me, you told me all along you wanted to have a baby and all the time these were stuck in the back of your drawer.
• Erica: I was going to go off them. I really was.
• Tom: No. No, it's too late. Because I don't care if you choke on these pills.
• Erica: Oh, don't say that.
• Tom: I told you after your disco deseed that if you lied to me 1 more time then that would be the end of our marriage.
• Erica: But I didn't lie to you.
• Tom: You lied to me every time you took one of those pills.

• Joe: There's so much more we'd like to show you, but there simply isn't time today. There have been a lot of ups and downs in our lives over these years, as I'm sure there have been in yours. But as it says in our album...

"The Great and the Least,

The Rich and the Poor,

The Weak and the Strong,

In Sickness and in Health,

In Joy and Sorrow,

In Tragedy and Triumph,

You Are All My Children"

(he closes the book) We hope you'll be with us over the next 20 years.